1 Beginning in Windows 8, Microsoft began releasing regular, major updates to Windows 8. Service packs will not be released.
2 Windows 7 SP1 and the April 2015 Servicing Stack Update both must be installed prior to installing the Convenience Rollup. 3 Windows Vista SP2 can only be installed if you already have Windows Vista SP1 installed, which you can download for 32-bit versions, and for 64-bit ones. 4 Windows XP SP3 can only be installed if you already have Windows XP SP1a or Windows XP SP2 installed.
If you do not have one or the other of those service packs installed, install SP1, available, before trying to install Windows XP SP3. 5 Windows XP Professional is the only 64-bit version of Windows XP and the latest service pack released for the operating system is SP2.
Since the release of Windows 7 back in 2009, hundreds of updates have been issued for the aging OS, and anyone who has done a clean install of Windows 7 knows how painful the updating process can be.Not anymore. In 2016, Microsoft decided to package 5 years worth of updates (2011-2016) into a single update, called the 'convenience update' (although you and I can just call it Service Pack 2 because that's exactly what it is).This article will show you how to install the convenience update.1. PrerequistesBefore installing the convenience update, make sure:. You are running Windows 7 SP1. You have at least 5 GB of free space available.
KB3020369 is installed (download links below)2. Dow nloadOnce the prerequisites are met, you can download the convenience update from the links below.3.
InstallWhen the download has finished, double-click the file, and follow the on-screen instructions. This is a large update, so the searching and installation process may take a while. Please be patient.Happy Patching!Note:Installing the update won't affect the version of Windows listed in system properties. It will remain listed as Service Pack 1.Related Articles. I have done a clean install of Windows 7 Pro SP1 (32bit), on a clean disk.
WU fails to identify any update, regardless of how long it runs. After the 1st restart, WU shows 13 updates installed, evidently included on the install disk. WU reports that it has 'never' checked nor updated. It doesn't report any error.
Just runs on and on, getting nowhere. I have set WU to 'Download but let me decide what/when to install'.
Never has downloaded anything. I downloaded:. WindowsUpdateAgent-7.6-x86 to replace the original. It did install itself.
Makes no difference. Endlessly searches for updates.I've read all the advice about how to obtain the Update Rollup from the Microsoft Update Catalog, using IE. I've separately updated to IE11. I've looked at the custom IE settings and found that they are already correctly set.When I try to obtain the Update Rollup, IE warns that the site wants to install a program. Seems to do that. Then when I proceed a message displays that that program will not run. So I cannot obtain the Catalog item 3125574 that I need.Meanwhile I have downloaded these two updates as separately recommended, to prepare for the Rollup:.
Windows6.1-KB947821-v34-x86. Windows6.1-KB3020369-x86Neither one will install. Each searches endlessly for 'Updates installed on this machine.'
Never finish searching, never find anything, no errors, no installation.Pretty much a complete failure.Any advice?Thanks. About how long should it take after launching the KB3125574 MSU before Windows Update starts telling me it's being processed? I have applied KB3020369 successfully, but when I launch KB3125574, Windows Update just says 'Searching for updates on this computer'and the progress bar never moves.
Is there something else I forgot to do?Thanks in advance.The installer can sometimes take up to 30 minutes to begin processing the update, but no more than that.Watch the progress bar very closely and you can see it moving; if you're using an Aero glass theme, progress bars look very faint.If you're sure that it's stuck, post back and we can work from there.